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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






2. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






3. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic






4. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item






5. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.






6. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram






7. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






8. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






9. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into






10. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






11. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






12. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






13. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






14. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






15. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






16. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded






17. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






18. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






19. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






20. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.






21. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






22. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.






23. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.






24. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.






25. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






26. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






27. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






28. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase






29. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






30. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






31. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis






32. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






33. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






34. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information






35. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






36. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






37. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






38. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






39. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






40. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






41. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






42. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






43. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






44. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






45. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.






46. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






47. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports






48. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






49. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






50. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule